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Varnado was defeated by West St. John, 12-6, in the District 10-1A opener for both teams on Friday at VHS.

“It was a hard fought game on both ends,” Varnado coach Adam Brumfield said. “Our defense played great, really only gave up two plays all night. Offensively, we had trouble in the red zone one possession and had a touchdown called back that came back to haunt us. I feel like they were in better shape than us and that ended up being the deciding factor. We have kids going both ways, but they did too, so there’s no excuse.”

Jamari Lewis ran for 51 yards on eight carries and threw for 136 yards with a touchdown.

Quovadis Bickham made four catches for 89 yards and a touchdown.

Davonte Magee ran 15 times for 46 yards.

Tyriq Bell ran for 14 yards.

Varnado is 1-5, while West St. John is 1-4.

Varnado is 29th in the non-select Division IV powerpoints ratings on geauxpreps.com.

Varnado will play again on Friday against Cohen College Prep.

The game is set for 3:30 p.m. at Pan American Stadium.

Cohen College Prep is 1-4 this year and is coming off of a 76-18 win against Crescent City.

Cohen College Prep is 24th in the Division IV select powerpoints ratings on geaxpreps.com.